Keep your car and do a 6 speed, S motor swap if anything. Sounds like your salvage title isn't too effective from what you are saying. Selling your car and buying a new one will cost you quite a bit.

 

how will it cost me more money?

 

Seeing that you have a salvage title, you will get significantly less money and buying a new car (assuming it will be an upgrade) will cost more (especially with taxes, etc.). Now I wasn't trying to say a 6 speed, S motor upgrade was going to be cheaper than trading/selling and buying another car but was saying keep it and if anything, do those two swaps instead of buying the salvage type S

 

well right now i have a buyer supposably for 6k but the tls is 5 k ( i am worried more about the tls because during the accident the tranny cover fell off, is that bad?)

 

Yeah probably bad. My TL-S was a salvage title. When i bought it the car looked great. The paint was even and didn't differ in hue. The panels were all OEM and the frame was straight. What I didnt notice was a pretty annoying air leak coming from the door on the side it was hit on. Fast forward a little while later and I got into my own minor car accident. They had to replace the fender on that side. Turns out when they took the old one off, a chunk of the chassis was missing. Straight up cut out of the car. Then there was all the funky stuff that kept happening. Ghost CEL's, random crap working one day and not the other. My oil level light came on, and never went back off, took it the shop twice. Had both oil pres. sensor's replaced. They told me it was one of two things damaged ECU or a wire snapping or shorting somewhere deep in the bay of the. Aka not worth fixing.

My new rule for buying used cars. NO HIT CARS! A good body shop will cover it up well. But there's too high of a chance that it will bite you in the ass later. Most modern cars have the vin stamped into each body panel. Our tls have stickers. Make sure theyre there!

And if the car was hit hard enough for the cover to fall off, then its bad news. I saw stay away!

 

What is a tranny cover?

 

Probably the cover on the side?

 

yo know like a tranny plug or to hold in the oil. the oil didnt leak out though

 

yeah that one

 

is it bad?

 

i dont know how to explain it just its on the side of the tranny

 

That would be part of the trans case.

 

is it that bad or no?

 

i called my local dealer about a tranny case he said he doesnt even know what that is.

 

dont go to that dealer.

 

so what do you think about getting that car, its an 02 tls 92 k miles it was damaged a little into the driver door and the wheel was sorta hit, the most important one that i am scared of is the transmition case is off...?

 

dont get it.

 

is there a reason, i mean the oil is still in there.

 

is it still off? why is it off? what happened to it that caused it to be off or to be take off?

 

the guy said when he got it from the auction the case was missing.

 

its fucked. dont get it unless ur gonna swap in another trans

 

really. is there a way to test the tranny?

 

buy it for cheaper, make sure everything else in tact and do a 6mt swappp.

 

driving the car. wot in most gears. hard acceleration then quick stops.

 

If your missing the side of the trans odds are the trans is toast. Why was it taken off?

 

Is this the part thats missing? #1, the left side trans cover?

 

its on the other side see where the axel is

 

hey guys thanks for all your help i decided to keep my 00 tl-p. 225 horsepower is enough for me

 

There isnt "the other side" the other side is the motor.